I do not own pokemon or any reference I may make, they belong to their respective owners.
Characters are based of me and my friends with a few twists.
Author's Note: To those who ask, no the pokemon do not talk and the humans do not understand them, I, the author, am only translating what they are saying.
I looked up at the sign on top of a building. "So this is it, huh?" I stood in front of the Saffron fighting dojo. I opened the door and saw a giant room where all these martial artist and fighting pokemon were training. A fighter came up to me.
"Hello, are you here to train?" he asked.
"No, I just wanna test my skills against your best fighter"
He laughed. "Well the Karate King is a little busy now, training students and pokemon, maybe you can wait in our waiting room"
"Um, why does a dojo need a waiting room?"
"Sometimes students bring in friends or relatives, they sometimes get bored and so we had some rooms made"
"Huh, makes sense" I headed to the nearest room. Jackpot, the room I picked had games inside. I clasped my hands together and smiled. "I haven't seen a video game since I left home; I should've brought some of my handheld games"
I looked around to see what I wanted to play and who I was going to play. One place intrigued me…well it wasn't the game, it was who was playing it. As I approached I noticed that this person wasn't a person. It was a brown humanoid looking pokemon with a purple like tunic and shoes with boxing gloves it wasn't just playing the game, it was winning.
"Aw man, you're too good at these Hitmonchan, you should be a pro gamer instead of a battler" one of the kids, a few years younger than me, said.
"Mind if I play?" I asked. They all turned their heads to me; the kid who was talking nodded and moved out of the way. I plopped down onto the spot and picked up the controller.
"Careful, Hitmonchan is really good" he warned me.
"No worries, I think I'll be just fine" I looked up at the game. "Brawl, eh. Been awhile"
Hitmonchan looked at me. 'Don't cry when you lose'
The match started, in about two minutes the other two were defeated and it was just me and Hitmonchan, neither of us letting up, until I landed a hit, not letting him recover and finished the match.
'Channnn!' he said in shock.
"No way, Hitmonchan lost" the boys stared in awe.
"Oh yeah, still got game"
Hitmonchan started going on a rant with Chan's, Hit's, and Mon's, pointing towards another game, probably saying that I got lucky.
"Alright you're on"
The game was Mario Kart Wii.
'Mon!' Hitmonchan said.
"No way, I lost" he nodded with a smug expression. "Another game" I pointed to a different console, an Xbox with Halo and he accepted. This continued on for a few hours, constantly changing games, consoles, and victories. It was fun until we were called.
"Hitmonchan, I think you have been on a break for long enough" Hitmonchan froze, his face embarrassed from being caught and slightly nervous about what he was going to happen.
"And you must be the guest that came here to challenge us. I'm sorry, but the Karate King is still busy"
I looked up at the man and then remembered the other reason I came to the dojo.
"Yo Mark, long time no see. You're done helping guide people in Mount Moon"
Mark, the man that defeated me in Mount Moon, looked at me curiously before realizing who I was, he had a suspicious look, before it turned into a happy one.
"Oh Eddy, how have you been?"
"Not bad"
"I'd like to stay and catch up with you, but I must get Hitmonchan back to training" they turned and walked out of the room.
"Wait, I wanna come and watch" I jogged after them.
Hitmonchan blocked an incoming kick with his arm and went in for a punch. Hitmonlee jumped back to dodge and went in for another kick, this one connecting.
"He's improved greatly, but he still hasn't won any matches" Mark commented beside me.
"What do you mean?"
"We have the pokemon face off against each other, with or without a trainer. Hitmonchan has become stronger, but he hasn't won a match against any other pokemon, even with a trainer, he and whom ever we partner him up with can not work together" he explained.
"Hm" I looked around the room and say all different kinds of fighting pokemon; they seemed to focus on strength and agility.
'Chan!' I heard Hitmonchan cry, I turned to see that he lost his sparring match with Mark's Hitmonlee. I turned back to Mark.
"So are you like the strongest here?" For a quick second, his face distorted into an angry one, but quickly changed back.
"No, the Karate King is, we once fought, but I slipped up for a split second and that was the end, so now I am just a sensei" He walked up to Hitmonchan. "You're getting better, but you need to put more effort in to it, you need more training" he said with a stern voice.
'Didn't I do enough training already' Hitmonchan rubbed the back of his head.
"What am I going to do with you? Doesn't look like you're going to become a good fighter anytime soon" Mark said sadly with a sigh.
"Well that was pretty mean, maybe I can train with him?" I offered.
Mark stared for a bit. "That could work, having to battle something other than a fighting pokemon. Follow me"
We entered a separate room, with no one else around. Mark told Hitmonchan to go to the other side of the field in the middle.
"He's ready"
I thought about who to use. "Yoruichi, time to play" I called out the little fox, who bounced side to side when he landed on the ground.
"Fight speed with speed"
'So you think you can keep up' Yoruichi taunted.
'Shouldn't be too hard'
Mark raised his hand and then brought it down. "Go"
Before we knew it, Hitmonchan was in front of Yoruichi, fist glowing and then struck, sending him flying.
'Game set and match'
Hitmonchan was then caught off guard by Yoruichi plowing into his gut with Quick Attack. The boxer grunted as he raised his fist and it sparked with electricity, then tried to hit the evolutionary pokemon, who dodged.
"Now Take Down"
The reckless charge of my pokemon was taken full force by Hitmonchan, who threw another punch afterwards, only this time the fist was covered in ice and made contact with Yoruichi, slamming him into the ground.
"Get up quick and retreat"
Yoruichi was able to get up, but was then caught by Hitmonchan, who attacked with lightning fast punches, hitting Yoruichi multiple times. Yoruichi landed in front of me after one final punch from the boxer, who then pounded his fists together and had a smug look.
"You haven't won yet" I said, Yoruichi getting back up. Hitmonchan flew forward quickly with his glove glowing again.
"Quick Attack and Take Down combo"
Just before Hitmonchan reached Yoruichi, the little brown fox disappeared and reappeared behind his opponent, using the momentum from its previous attack to strengthen the power of Take Down, leaping into the air and hitting Hitmonchan in the back of his head. Falling forward and slamming into the ground, he struggled to get up, but got up he did. The look in his eyes, refusing to lose.
"Okay, match over" I said. "You win"
"What are you saying, your pokemon is still capable of fighting" Mark completely oblivious to my pokemon.
"So what, he's on his last leg" Yoruichi was barely standing, the recoil from the last Take Down and the beating he took earlier was taking its toll. "Plus I think Hitmonchan proved himself a capable pokemon"
"What do you mean?"
"He's got the fighting spirit" they looked at me confused. "He refused to give up, even though he was gonna lose. When he really has to, he'll kick logic to the curb and do the impossible"
I noticed Mark had another weird look in his eyes, like there was something dangerous near by. Hitmonchan just stared at me in awe after hearing what I said, while a laugh was heard from the door. There was a muscular man with spiky black hair and in a black belt karate uniform.
"HAHAHA, you know your stuff" Mark and Hitmonchan bowed. "Boy, you're a good battler, but you will need to train more. Even so, you know that it is not only strength, but will, I can not wait to battle yo … um are you okay?"
"Wow, you're huuuuge" I awed in amazement.
A cough was heard from Mark.
"Eddy this is the Karate King" he explained. "And this is the challenger that wanted to battle you"
"I can see, well let's have that battle now" he offered.
I raised my hand up. "Nah, we'll fight tomorrow, it's a little late and I gotta get my Eevee to the center"
"Alright then, tomorrow I will wait for our battle"
"Good, anyways I'll see ya tomorrow" I left the room and headed towards the exit.
"Oh, sorry bout that" I said as I accidentally bumped into a person.
"Why don't you watch where you're going" I heard a female voice say to me. I turned to face.
"I said I was sor-" I froze at who I saw, she did too. She too was from Pallet Town and we have not seen each other since before leaving town. In front of me was a red haired, green eyed girl. She wore a pink short sleeve shirt with an unzipped black hoodie that had the sleeves ripped off, blue skinny jeans and black sneakers. Her name was Emily and at that moment I had forgotten something about her.
"You!" we both said in shock. We stood there, lost in the moment until she kicked me in the shin. Oh yeah.
"Ow, the hell was that for?" I asked holding my shin in pain.
"I thought I was dreaming"
"You're supposed to pinch yourself" I said with an angry look.
She smiled sweetly. "More fun this way"
"Bitch"
"Ass-face"
"Sl-" I was interrupted by a spray of water. "*cough cough* what the hell"
"Tortle" I looked down to see a dark blue skinned turtle with weird fluffy like ears, a Wartortle.
"So you took Squirtle"
"Nooooo, I took Charmander" her voice dripping in sarcasm. "I can't believe that Oak let you have a pokemon, let alone leave town. Which one did you take anyways?"
"I picked Charmander" I said with a smug expression.
"I thought Salem took Charmander" she said with a confused expression.
"He had another, but this one was a shiny"
"WHAT! So instead of showing off a shiny Charmander, he shows off a regular one!" her face filled with surprise and jealousy, but she fixed herself up and put on a cocky look.
"Oh well, it doesn't matter, I chose the best out of all of them anyways. He must have had a reason for not letting anyone know about it, it's probably as big of a failure as you. Let's see this so called shiny"
I released Firaga, who stood proud and strong. Although letting him out was probably a mistake.
'YOU!' both Firaga and Wartortle yelled as they jumped at each other, clawing, biting, and punching, whatever they could do. Definitely a mistake, we both held our pokemon back.
"Control your pokemon"
"If yours was train properly this wouldn't be happening" she replied back. "Calm down girl" her Wartortle stopped struggling.
"Firaga, you calm down too" thankfully he listened.
'So the old man let you off his leash'
'I can see that being with a human hasn't made you any less a bitch' he smirked.
Wartortle started struggling to get out of Emily's hold again.
'At least the old man didn't treat me like a lab rat'
"Wow calm down, what's gotten into you, you've never been this mad" Emily having trouble holding Wartortle down. She pulled out a pokeball. "Return"
I called Firaga back into his pokeball as well.
"What was that, oh well, better head back to the center"
"Oh did you lose to the Karate King? Ha" she mocked.
"I'm gonna fight him tomorrow, so I'm going back to rest"
"Well, I'll be winning my battle here and then I'd like to battle you" I turned my head hearing the challenge. "I wouldn't like to miss a chance at kicking your ass again"
She's been training for a long time, so she knows how to fight, which sucks for me. I mean hand to hand combat, not pokemon battling.
"Whatever, I'll see ya whenever" I exited the building.
"Okay, we're gonna have to train a little" I told Yoruichi who was sitting in front of me on the bed. I pulled something out of my bag. He looked at the object. It was a stone with an elemental symbol on it.
"I think it's time for you to upgrade your class"
He smiled. 'Sounds good, should be fun'
Well we meet somebody else I know from pallet. To bad she's the last person I want to see. Also can any of you guess what Yoruichi is going to become and Mark seems to be acting a little weird.
Next time we battle the king of the dojo, the Karate King, whose name was never said in the games. Prove me wrong if you can.
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